"AbstractWhat explains the acquisition of exceptional human performance? Does a focus on intensive specialized practice facilitate excellence, or is a multidisciplinary practice background better? We investigated this question in sports. Our meta-analysis involved 51 international study reports with 477 effect sizes from 6,096 athletes, including 772 of the world’s top performers. Predictor variables included starting … Continue reading What Makes a Champion? Early Multidisciplinary Practice, Not Early Specialization, Predicts World-Class Performance
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Importing Excellence
"If you want to know what it is that your own country produces that is genuinely excellent, look for what the most obsessively discerning residents of London and Tokyo choose to import. Look for the choices of the otaku, the fanatic of pure information."—William Gibson in the introduction to Paul Smith, "You Can Find Inspiration … Continue reading Importing Excellence
Blue Moon Human
If you don't have time to do it right the first time, where are you going to find time to do it again? Or, you could be complacent. Mediocre effort. Mediocre results. Mediocre life. We all start out wanting to excel, to be good and do it right. When does the change creep in on … Continue reading Blue Moon Human
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